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3 smart ways Seattle is at the forefront of reuse

GreenBiz

The city and Washington state’s support of closed loop economic models through public-private partnerships and grant programs is inspiring entrepreneurs throughout the region.

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Slenergy Launches iShare-Home Residential Energy Solution in Munich

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During the event, Slenergy officially introduced its innovative residential energy solution, iShare-Home, with an ambition to assist customers in reducing energy costs, achieving energy independence, and minimizing their carbon footprint.

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Harnessing the power of your people to drive impact

GreenBiz

Sponsored: Pentair’s head of social responsibility shares how the company is engaging its global employees to advance the positive impacts of its business.

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£3.25 million available for the creation and restoration of woodlands along the HS2 Phase One route

Envirotec Magazine

Kenilworth, Warwickshire: Construction diggers and workmen working on HS2 railway line near a wood in May 2020. The HS2 Woodland Fund has re-opened for applications (on Tuesday 30 May), supporting projects that create and restore woodland along the High Speed Two (HS2) Phase One route. The HS2 Woodland Fund has reopened to new applications (on 30 May), with £3.25m available to support woodland creation and the restoration of plantations of ancient woodland sites (PAWS).

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

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Mountain Valley Pipeline Pushed Forward on False Claims of Need

NRDC onEarth

Claims that MVP is needed for energy security or demand—or that it is nearly built and has no legal hurdles ahead—are contradicted by data.

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“This is nuts:” European power prices go negative as springtime renewables soar

Renew Economy

Balmy weather and growing renewable energy capacity has led to multiple days of negative wholesale power prices across the continent. The post “This is nuts:” European power prices go negative as springtime renewables soar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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CIRCUL-A-THON finalists present solutions for transport, electronics, packaging and healthcare

Envirotec Magazine

Hungry on energy, materials and manpower, vehicle manufacturing presents a formidable appetite for new ideas that will reduce waste, and winners in the ‘transportation’ category showcased some of the latest thinking along these lines. Finalists have been announced for the CIRCUL-A-THON design competition – run by chemicals firm SABIC – which lauds designers’ efforts to create reusable and recyclable products.

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California Assembly Passes Climate-Resilient Food & Farming Bill

NRDC onEarth

With AB 408, California can reduce climate emissions, protect farmworkers, stimulate economic growth, and increase equity across the food and farming system.

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Lightning eMotors to deliver 126 commercial EVs to Macnab EV Sales

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Canadian commercial EV provider Lightning eMotors has contracted with Canadian vehicle distributor Macnab EV Sales to supply 126 Lightning ZEV3 and ZEV4 cargo vans, passenger vans and shuttle buses by the end of the year. Lightning says it is ramping up production of its GM-based ZEV4 platform in school bus, box truck and shuttle bus configurations.

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Companies must up their game to match net-zero promises

GreenBiz

Mark Van Clieaf, managing director at FutureZero, a consulting firm specializing in sustainability, discusses what companies need to do to properly back up their net-zero promises.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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Marine fish are responding to climate change by relocating towards the poles

Envirotec Magazine

The majority of fish populations in the sea are responding to global warming by relocating to wards colder waters nearer the north and south poles , according to the latest research on the impact of climate change on our oceans. Analysing the breadth of current world-wide data on marine fish change s in recent years, researchers from the University of Glasgow have revealed how fish populations across the Earth’s oceans are responding to rising sea temperatures.

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Affordable Housing Is Infrastructure

NRDC onEarth

We need to invest in our housing stock to protect residents from displacement and help them fight and prepare for the climate crisis.

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How to Be More Sustainable in Business

Green Living Guy

Let’s get business sustainable energy going on! For as the world becomes increasingly aware of the impact of climate change. For that’s thanks to the coverage of the topic on all platforms. I mean along with the onslaught of terrifying, off-season weather to seal the deal. So there is a growing push for businesses to […] The post How to Be More Sustainable in Business appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Crafting a global strategy for impact investment at Acumen

GreenBiz

Eighteen months into his new role focused at Acumen, Christopher Wayne talks about the critical role of agriculture in impact investing and what it takes to work in the field.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

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‘Get on, get back or get out of the energy queue’ – ESO announces urgent action to speed up grid connections

Envirotec Magazine

A note of cautious welcome was apparent from renewable energy firms as National Grid Electricity Systems Operator (ESO) announced (on 2 June) new actions to help speed up electricity grid connections by up to 10 years. The firm said it was introducing targeted further reforms, which build on its five-point-plan , to speed up connections to the electricity grid.

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LG Energy Solution to build a $5.5-billion battery manufacturing complex in Arizona

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South Korean battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution will invest approximately $5.5 billion to construct a battery manufacturing complex in Queen Creek, Arizona. The complex will consist of two manufacturing facilities—one for cylindrical batteries for EVs and another for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) pouch-type batteries for energy storage systems (ESS).

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450e Direct RZ Lexus All Electric Test Drive

Green Living Guy

Let’s go 450e Direct RZ Lexus All Electric Test Drive! For Lexus RZ 450e Direct 4 compact utility electric vehicle is making waves. However, it’s not that strong of a wave. All in the world of green living and sustainable transportation. It’s a city beast which means around traffic and a city. It’s almost regenerative […] The post 450e Direct RZ Lexus All Electric Test Drive appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Proving the ROI of ESG: How These 6 Organizations are Crushing It

GreenBiz

Demonstrating ROI for your ESG efforts is more vital than ever given the uncertainty around global economy and geopolitics. This means not only reporting to and aligning with internal stakeholders and the board, but also staying on top of the diverse global reporting frameworks when budgets are tight and teams are getting leaner. And while ESG is not a competition, in many ways, it is a race.

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Powder uses sunlight to disinfect contaminated drinking water

Envirotec Magazine

A group at Stanford University say they have invented a low-cost, recyclable powder that kills thousands of waterborne bacteria per second when exposed to ordinary sunlight. The discovery of this ultrafast disinfectant, they suggest, could be a significant advance for nearly 30 percent of the world’s population with no access to safe drinking water.

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REE Automotive adds P7-C Chassis Cab to its electric truck lineup

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REE Automotive (Nasdaq: REE), a provider of EV platforms, today revealed P7-C, a Class 4 chassis cab offering a new cabin design built on REE’s P7 modular electric platform. The P7-C is designed to meet the requirements for the Inflation Reduction Act incentives, which are more stringent for EVs in Class 4 and above. It’s also designed to simplify vocational upfits.

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EV Route Event: Zero Road Trip Celebration of Electric Vehicles

Green Living Guy

EV Route Event First of all, the EV Route event is going inaugural Route Zero Road Trip. For it aims to promote clean air standards and also American-powered electric vehicles (EVs). That’s by visiting iconic destinations along the most noteworthy historic Route 66. This exciting event is also perfect for zero-emission enthusiasts. In addition to […] The post EV Route Event: Zero Road Trip Celebration of Electric Vehicles appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Episode 366: Biodiversity letdown, Boston Metal's mission

GreenBiz

This episode features a discussion about decarbonizing steelmaking, including highlights from an interview with Adam Rauwerdink, senior vice president of business development for startup Boston Metal.

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Water innovation recognised at Edinburgh awards ceremony

Envirotec Magazine

Group picture of 2023 Lighthouse Award winners. From left to right: Giovanni Annicchiar, Ecopetrol; Ralph Exton, Grundfos; Per Overgaard Pederson, Aarhus Vand ReWater; Molun Zhang, The Coca-Cola Company; and Devesh Sharma, Aquatech International. Collaboration was cited as the key to success for the seven winners of the 2023 Lighthouse Awards, which were presented during BlueTech Forum in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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GenH2 and ZeroAvia to develop liquid hydrogen technologies for airports

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Hydrogen infrastructure system specialist GenH2 has executed an MOU with ZeroAvia to develop liquid hydrogen aviation infrastructure solutions for use at airports. ZeroAvia is developing a hydrogen-electric aviation powertrain. The company aims to retrofit its fuel cell-powered engines to existing fixed-wing and rotorcraft airframes in order to reduce time to market, and is also partnering with clean-sheet designers.

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Tesla Electric Car Breaking Records: Model Y Outdoes Competitors by 4x in Norway

Green Living Guy

Tesla Electric Car: Implications for the Automotive Industry As an electric car vehicle Tesla enthusiast and expert, I have been closely following the electric vehicle market for over 25 plus years. Recently, I was blown away by the news that the electric car vehicle Tesla Model Y had outsold its competitors by a factor of […] The post Tesla Electric Car Breaking Records: Model Y Outdoes Competitors by 4x in Norway appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Why nature-based investments could be ESG’s crowning glory

GreenBiz

In the face of geo-economic and geopolitical uncertainty, investors are beginning to understand why nature can represent an attractive long-term play.

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Official status of River Wye downgraded due to worsened condition

Envirotec Magazine

Canoeists on the River Wye, Builth Wells Bridge, Powys, Wales. Conservation charity The Wildlife Trusts said it is deeply concerned that the River Wye’s official status has been downgraded to ‘unfavourable-declining’, by the Government’s advisor, Natural England (on 30 May). The organisation’s new assessment shows that the much-loved river, which flows for 155 miles from mid-Wales to the Severn estuary in England, has experienced declines in key species such as the Atlantic salmon and white-claw

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Fossil gas death spiral: Regulator caps exit fee to “socialise” cost of mass disconnection

Renew Economy

Regulator sets exit fee for households seeking to quit gas as they electrify, and allows networks to impose higher fixed charges to recoup investments in face of death spiral. The post Fossil gas death spiral: Regulator caps exit fee to “socialise” cost of mass disconnection appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Big Oil Still Raking it in as Public Pays for Pollution

NRDC onEarth

U.S. needs to hold industry accountable for harm it continues to inflict on communities, the environment, and the global climate.

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Preparing for the EU’s new reporting directive

GreenBiz

Sustainability consultants and professionals offer advice on how to prepare for the European Union’s new reporting framework.

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First-of-its-kind project will harness hydropower from wastewater

Envirotec Magazine

Described as a first of its kind in the UK, a new project will see Scottish Water install a hydro turbine at Hamilton Waste Water Treatment Works in South Lanarkshire. The scheme is well underway and is being led by Scottish Water’s commercial subsidiary Scottish Water Horizons and the group says it is expected to generate 0.42GWh of green electricity each year – the equivalent of boiling around 1,800,000 kettles a year – and offset 13 per cent of the treatment works’ annual electricity demand.

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Will EV adoption “crash the grid?”

Charged

One of the favorite tropes of the anti-EV crowd is that converting all vehicles to EVs will “crash the grid.” Those of us who regularly speak with execs at electric utilities and charging infrastructure providers aren’t too worried about this. However, as they say, the plural of anecdote is not data, so perhaps a mathematical explanation would better allay your fears of electrical apocalypse.

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The mounting costs of the attacks on ESG investing

Impact Alpha

Where politics and finance collide, the crusade against ESG is a rollercoaster ride filled with intrigue, backroom deals, and unforeseen consequences. From politicians. The post The mounting costs of the attacks on ESG investing appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Cities and states suing Big Oil just got a boost from the Supreme Court

GreenBiz

Complaints from Minnesota to Massachusetts, and from Honolulu to New York City, have a better shot at prevailing.

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